Our chapter will hold
it’s 3rd annual Bowling For Rhinos event on October 7, 2013! We have
raised just over $5000 in our first two years, and we hope that this year is
our best one yet!
What
is BFR?
Each year the American
Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK) sponsors a fund raising bowl-a-thon called
"Bowling For Rhinos" (BFR).
Over 60 AAZK chapters participate throughout the US and Canada , raising over $300,000
annually.
BFR funds support Lewa Wildlife
Conservancy in Kenya , Ujung Kulon National Park in Java ,
Indonesia , and Bukit Barisan
Selatan National
Park and Way Kambas in Sumatra .
These sanctuaries not only save rhinos but also these entire ecosystems!
100%
of all BFR funds raised go directly toward in situ conservation projects,
conserving rhinos, their habitats, and hundreds of other endangered plants and
animals!
Why
help rhinos?
Rhinos have lived on earth for
over 50 million years but whether they survive even 50 more years is open to
speculation. Only 5 species of rhino
exist today when once there were over 100 species and all 5 species are endangered!
Three species are from